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Creating apps has never been easier. Open Claude/ChatGPT, tell it what you want, and it spits out a fully functioning mini app that you can start using.

But what next? How do you get that app on your home screen? How do you allow it to actually save data? How do you share it with your family and friends? How do you let strangers on the internet use it?

I’m trying to build a platform for that! Check out appshelf.org and join the waitlist!

Links: AppShelf.org
Related: window.globalStorage

Just like window.localStorage, I wish window.globalStorage was a thing. An easy for way all apps to have a database. No need to set up a database, etc for every little app. Just ship index.html.

I haven’t really thought about how authentication would work though. Would each browser store data sandboxed by website under a unique ID? Would users have to authenticate somehow before using it? Who is storing this data, and where?

Okay, I see why this doesn’t exist. Yet.

I wish it was easier to make “self-editing” HTML files. I should be able to have a single HTML file, open it, put text in the inputs/textareas or wherever, save it, and have the HTML file itself update with that content.

Chrome gets close, but if you open a regular HTML file directly as file://, you don’t get file system access. You have to serve it from localhost/HTTPS instead of just opening the file.